I really just wanted the equivalent of iTerm2 in Windows. In this post, I’m going to quickly explain how I got it running and configured, and some of the other options I tried. It supports tabs, splits, mouse mode and has a pretty color scheme to boot: But the only thing holding me back was the lack of a nice terminal emulator (admittedly, I’m shallow and like pretty things).Īfter much tinkering, I’ve ended up with what I feel is the most comfortable terminal experience I can get on Windows.

With the Windows Subystem for Linux (WSL) it’s now possible to have a “native” Ubuntu command line on my Windows 10 machine to use for my CLI nerdiness. I often feel like I just pay the premium for Mac hardware to have a reliable and easy to configure *Nix operating system.īut lately I’ve really been wanting to get off the Mac ecosystem and start using Windows 10 on my X1 Carbon as my daily machine. And using iTerm2 with oh-my-zsh is the best terminal experience I’ve ever had. Python and Node dev environments just work. With Homebrew, command line tools just work. While there’s nothing particularly special about MacOS that I love (in fact there’s quite a bit I don’t like), it’s honestly been the terminal and the underlying Unix based operating system that keep me glued to it. I’ve been using a Mac as my daily driver for work for the last few years.

Cmd emulator for mac